Standard Open Top 8 Profiles

Origins debuted at Origins in 1993. When and where did you learn Magic?1995 in my Uncle's living room.

With Junk Aristocrats and Act 2 taking the last two Standard Opens, did the success of Cartel Aristocrat deck effect your deck today?No.

Chris Burrows

Age: 40

Hometown: Celina, OH

Archetype: Junk Rites

Origins debuted at Origins in 1993. When and where did you learn Magic?VanWert, OH in 1997

With Junk Aristocrats and Act 2 taking the last two Standard Opens, did the success of Cartel Aristocrat deck effect your deck today?Only once!

Andrew Shrout

Age: 25

Hometown: Louisville, KY

Archetype: Prime Speaker Bant

Origins debuted at Origins in 1993. When and where did you learn Magic?In 1999 somewhere in a dark corner of IRC.

With Junk Aristocrats and Act 2 taking the last two Standard Opens, did the success of Cartel Aristocrat deck effect your deck today?It dictated which planeswalkers I wanted in the main.

Adam Minniear

Age: 36

Hometown: Dayton, OH

Archetype: B/G Zombies

Origins debuted at Origins in 1993. When and where did you learn Magic?Dark Star III comics in Beavercreek, OH in 1995.

With Junk Aristocrats and Act 2 taking the last two Standard Opens, did the success of Cartel Aristocrat deck effect your deck today?My sideboard, yes. But I didn't play a single deck with Cartel Aristocrat.

Adam Johnson

Age: 16

Hometown: Dayton, OH

Archetype: Beauty & the Beats

Origins debuted at Origins in 1993. When and where did you learn Magic?I had not yet been conceived.

With Junk Aristocrats and Act 2 taking the last two Standard Opens, did the success of Cartel Aristocrat deck effect your deck today?Yes, I feel that I have a very strong match up against Act 2 because of Stromkirk Noble and Pillar/Spear for mono cartel aristocrat.

Mark Kelso

Age: 25

Hometown: Y-town, Ohio

Archetype: Filth Reanimator

Origins debuted at Origins in 1993. When and where did you learn Magic?Sean Swerdan taught me on my front porch in 1998. THUNDERMARE!!!

With Junk Aristocrats and Act 2 taking the last two Standard Opens, did the success of Cartel Aristocrat deck effect your deck today?Not at all. Sometimes 2 mana 2/2's are good, but that one? Meh.

Mike Franks

Age: 27

Hometown: Wooster, Ohio

Archetype: Naya Puke Dudes

Origins debuted at Origins in 1993. When and where did you learn Magic?Down at my local game store 'Uncle Eric's Comics.' The owner, Eric Johns, really helped raise some of us troubled adolescents and was/is a positive force in so many lives. So a massive shout-out to him.

With Junk Aristocrats and Act 2 taking the last two Standard Opens, did the success of Cartel Aristocrat deck effect your deck today?It didn't seem to. I had two decks, and my buddy took the other pile.

Steven Durham

Age: 18

Hometown: Richmond, KY

Archetype: Hexproof

Origins debuted at Origins in 1993. When and where did you learn Magic?Cosmic Oasis, about a year and a half ago.

With Junk Aristocrats and Act 2 taking the last two Standard Opens, did the success of Cartel Aristocrat deck effect your deck today?Card's bad.